Microsoft Word Product Key

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Vin152

Hello.
I bought this computer with Windows Vista insalled. I am trying to enter my
product key for Microsoft Word/excell/powerpoint, etc, and it won't accept my
product key as valid. I am using the product key that is on the bottom of my
computer, as I was not given a disk and/or a slip with the product key on it.
Does anyone know exactly where I can go on the web to request a new product
key (not a temporary one, the permanent one that should have come with my
computer). I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Thank you so much!
 
The product key on the computer is not the proper key for Microsoft
word/excel etc:. It is the key for the operating system. The key for Word
should be on the sleeve that word came in. If you lost it, good luck. If you
have the original CD you may be able to get a key from where you purchased
the computer.
TonySper
 
Vin152 said:
Hello.
I bought this computer with Windows Vista insalled. I am trying to enter
my
product key for Microsoft Word/excell/powerpoint, etc, and it won't accept
my
product key as valid. I am using the product key that is on the bottom of
my
computer, as I was not given a disk and/or a slip with the product key on
it.
Does anyone know exactly where I can go on the web to request a new
product
key (not a temporary one, the permanent one that should have come with my
computer). I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Thank you so much!
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You need the product ID on the packaging that your copy of Office came in.
Not the Microsoft Windows Vista product ID you are trying to use. They are
two distinctly different things.
 
Vin152 said:
Hello.
I bought this computer with Windows Vista insalled. I am trying to enter
my
product key for Microsoft Word/excell/powerpoint, etc, and it won't accept
my
product key as valid. I am using the product key that is on the bottom of
my
computer, as I was not given a disk and/or a slip with the product key on
it.
Does anyone know exactly where I can go on the web to request a new
product
key (not a temporary one, the permanent one that should have come with my
computer). I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Thank you so much!
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The product key for Word will be on the box that the CD for Word came in.
Using your Windows key simply will not work.
If you haven't got a legal product key for Word you will need to purchase a
copy of Word or a license.
As an alternative to Word, you can always try www.openoffice.org, the word
processor of this suite is fully Word compatible.
 
AW Barton said:
The product key for Word will be on the box that the CD for Word came in.
Using your Windows key simply will not work.
If you haven't got a legal product key for Word you will need to purchase
a copy of Word or a license.
As an alternative to Word, you can always try www.openoffice.org, the word
processor of this suite is fully Word compatible.
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That means it uses the same file formats for loading & saving although the
menus & toolbars are different. It is very good, however.
 
You can usually find an OEM Key for Microsoft Office on a Certificate of
Authenticity COA that came with your PC, look through your documentation.
 
Hi!
Thanks for your help and quick response. I never received a cd, so I'm
assuming that my computer didn't come with that suite. I guess the trial
"count down" is they are assuming I purchased it online or in the store,
and I have a key. In the past, the microsoft suite was a standard
feature. :confused:
I have been trying to figure this out for hours, and I'm frustrated and
I'm just gonna give it up.:(
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MS Works has frequently been included on most machines - MS Office was
never a standard inclusion on an MS OS, though some vendors have included
it - generally for a price.

You might try OpenOffice.org - has most of the functionality of MS Office
- probably everything you would need. It also imports and exports MS
Office file formats. Available for the cost of a download.
 
Sounds like you have the trial version of Word. All that is for is to try
and get you to buy Office. If for some reason you do you should uninstall
the trial before installing it off the CD. Sometimes they conflict and I
have found it best to install so you can choose what you want installed.
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You've gotten a number of good responses here already.
Here's another possibility: call the maker/seller of your computer's support
line. Ask them where you might find the product key for your Word/Office
install. They should know.
 
Hi!
Thanks for your help and quick response. I never received a cd, so I'm
assuming that my computer didn't come with that suite. I guess the trial
"count down" is they are assuming I purchased it online or in the store,
and I have a key. In the past, the microsoft suite was a standard
feature. :confused:
I have been trying to figure this out for hours, and I'm frustrated and
I'm just gonna give it up.:(
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I was shocked to find out that my Office 97 would not run under Vista.
So, I bought a copy of Office Home and Student on Ebay.
 
semicollon00 said:
I'm sorry if this isn't a reply, couldn't find a post button.

Please help me here!

I bought a new laptop, and I FINALLY found the product key at the
bottom. When I typed in my product key, it said it was incorrect.
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The key on the bottom of your machine is for WINDOWS, not Word. Where did
you get Word from?
 
Gordon said:
The key on the bottom of your machine is for WINDOWS, not Word. Where did
you get Word from?
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To the Original Poster:
Word is not part of Windows, never has been. However, many PC manufacturers are including a trial copy of MS Office with new computers. You can use the trial copy for 60 days free, but then you have to buy a license in which MS will supply you the Product key. This is a crappy way of selling you a copy of Office at manufacturers suggested retail price. You can almost always buy a copy of the same software at a discount and then you will also have the CD's that go with it. I recommend you uninstall the trial copy and buy yourself a copy at a discount store, or download a copy of the free OpenOffice which has the equivalent software.
 
Gordon

A useless leech post. Answers here are not going back there and a waste of time to
answer. If the post starts with Re: and it comes from Usenet.gateway it is a leech.
Check the post properties and see. See the newsreader and user agent in there. More
and more everyday across the msnews servers
 
Peter Foldes said:
Gordon

A useless leech post. Answers here are not going back there
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And you have looked at the thread on the forum to check that?
I would if I were you.
You'll find you are wrong.
 
wwoods said:
Equivalent means equal to, openoffice is NOT equal to MS Office 2007.
its not even close
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And your reasoning for that is?
For someone who can't afford Office and is not entitled to academic or other
discount pricing, the latest edition of Open Office (version 3) is VERY
good, particularly as it will now natively open Office 2007 documents...
 
Gordon said:
And your reasoning for that is?
For someone who can't afford Office and is not entitled to academic or other
discount pricing, the latest edition of Open Office (version 3) is VERY
good, particularly as it will now natively open Office 2007 documents...
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Except for .DOCX files.
 
Peter Foldes said:
Gordon

A useless leech post. Answers here are not going back there and a waste of time to
answer. If the post starts with Re: and it comes from Usenet.gateway it is a leech.
Check the post properties and see. See the newsreader and user agent in there. More
and more everyday across the msnews servers
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I've seen this from you before, and you are still wrong.
 
wwoods said:
It will not natively open and keep the same formatting on over 50% of
the Word 2007 document types, .docx, xps, .docm (2007 Word macro enabled
template). That is not close to being equivalent.
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And Office 2007 won't natively open ODF documents at ALL. That makes MS
Office nowhere NEAR Open Office.
By your logic.
Idiot.
 
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